Pavel Batov

Pavel Ivanovich Batov (1 June 1897-19 April 1985) was a General of the Army of the Soviet Red Army who commanded the Soviet 65th Army during World War II.

Biography
Pavel Ivanovich Batov was born on 1 June 1897 in Filisovo, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire, serving in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I, before joining the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. In 1926, he became a company commander, and he advised the Hungarian revolutionary Mate Zalka during the Spanish Civil War as an International Brigades volunteer. He led rifle corps during the invasion of Poland in 1939, and he led cavalry divisions during Operation Barbarossa in 1941. He would also lead the Soviet 65th Army during the offensive into Poland, and he ended the war in Berlin. After the war, he commanded the Carpathian Military District from 1955 to 1958, and he was involved in veterans' organizations. He died in 1985.